'Gough02'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Gough of Meriott, Gough of Rathkeale, Gough of Stapleford Abbot, Gough of Woodstown

                               
John Goughe of Cricklade then Stratford, Wiltshire (d before 15.01.1563)
1. Hugh Gough (bur 07.08.1625, rector of All Cannings, Wiltshire, 2nd son?)
  m. Jane Clifford of Clifford Hall, Devon
  A. Robert Gough (b 1584, archdeacon of Ardfert)
  m. Sabina
  i. Elizabeth Gough (b c1614, a 1623)
  B. William Gough of Broomefield (Bromfield), Essex (b 1586)
  m. Alice Hanworth (dau of Christopher Hanworth of Maldon)
  Visitation (Essex, 1634, Gough) provides the next generation.
  i.+ issue (a 1634) - William (b c1621), Robert, Christopher, John, Frances, Jane, Susan
  The following comes from Berry's Essex Pedigrees (1878, Nicholl II). The connection is speculative but seems reasonable given that Berry notes that the family "descended from the Goughs of Wiltshire". It is thought likely that one of the above sons was father of ...
  a. ?? Gough presumed intermediary generation
  m1/2. ??
  (1) Robert Gough of Battles Hall in Stapleford Abbot, Essex (d 1773)
  m. Elizabeth Starkey (d 1769, of family of Upper Hall, Morton)
(A) Henry Gough of Stanford Rivers (dsp)
  (B) Robert Gough of Battles Hall (dsp 1767)
  (C) Elizabeth Gough
  m. Jos(eph?) Miller of Nash Hall
  (i) Mary Miller
  m. John Rahn of Cheshunt, later of Enfield
  (a) Elizabeth Sarah Rahn
  m. John Nicholl of Islington (b 1790)
  (ii)+ other issue - Joseph, Robert, Daniel, John, Janmes, Henry, Elizabeth, Ann
  (D) Jane Gough (d 1808)
  m. _ Patmore
  m2/1. ??
  (2) John Gough of Stapleford Abbot (dsp, half-brother of Robert)
  C. Michael Gough of All Cannings
i.+ issue (a 1623) - Hugh (b c1619), Elizabeth (b c1617)
  D. Jeremy Gough of Benagar, Wiltshire
  m. ?? (relict of _ Flower)
  i. Jeremy Gough (b 1622-3)
  E. Francis Gough, Bishop of Limerick (b 1594, d 29.08.1634) had issue
  m. Elizabeth Greene
  i. George Gough father of Elizabeth, probably of this generation
  a. Elizabeth Gough
  m. (1693) James Roch of Glyn (b 1659, d 1722, Colonel)
  F. Edmund Gough (b 1595, rector of Great Cheverll, canon of Salisbury)
  m. Margery Freeman (dau of Richard Freeman of Henley)
  i. Jane Gough (b c1622)
  G. Hugh Gough (b 1599, d after 12.05.1682, rector of Rathkeale, chancellor of Limerick) mentioned by BP1934 but not by Vistiation
  m. Ellinor Bolton
  i. George Gough of Rathkeale, co. Limerick
  m. Jane Roberts (dau of James Roberts of Ballymalan)
a. Hugh Gough (d before 12.08.1730, rector of Kilfinny)
  m. Dorothy Harrison
  (1) Hugh Gough
  m. (01.01.1720) Alice Miller (dau of John Miller of Ballicasey)
(A) George Gough of Woodstown, co. Limerick (b 1720, d 19.11.1783)
  m. (1748) Elizabeth Waller (d 17.12.1783, dau of Richard Waller of Castle Waller)
  (i) George Gough of Woodstown (b 1750, d 03.1836, Lt. Colonel, eldest son)
  m. (20.01.1775) Letitia Bunbury (d 1829, dau of Thomas Bunbury of Lisnevagh & Moyle)
  (a) George Gough (b 26.12.1775, d 13.06.1841, Major) had issue
  m. (1811) Sarah Croker (d 14.02.1870, dau of Edward Croker of Ballynagarde)
  (b) Thomas Bunbury Gough (b 13.06.1777, d 08.05.1860, Dean of Derry) had issue
  m. (19.03.1800) Charlotte Bloomfield (d 14.02.1862, dau of John Bloomfield, sister of Lord Bloomfield)
  (c) William Gough (d 1822, Major)
  (d) Hugh Gough, Field Marshal, 1st Viscount Gough of Goojerat & Limerick (b 03.11.1779, d 02.03.1869, CIC India) had issue
m. (03.06.1807) Frances Maria Stephens (b c1757, d 15.03.1863, dau of Gen. Edward Stephens)
  (e) Jane Gough (d 08.1833)
  m. R(ichard) Lloyd (d Bayonne 1813, Lt. Colonel)
  (f) Elizabeth Gough
  m. (22.03.1810) Benjamin Frend of Boskell (d 01.1858)
  (ii) Dorothea Gough probably of this generation
  m. John Madder (rector of Newport)
  (a) Eliza Madder
  m. (1803) Robert Smithwick of Rathjordan
  b. George Gough of Richmond, Surrey (d 1742)
  c. Anne Gough
  m. Richard Lloyd of Killodromin
  ii. Frances Gough
  m. Francis Livells
  iii. Jane Gough
  m. Ezekiel Webb (dean of Limerick)
  H. Judith Gough
  m. John Bennett of Smalbroke
  I. Cicely Gough
  m. John Atkins (rector of North Perrot)
  i.+ issue (a 1623) - Hugh (b c1602), John, Alex, Jeromrry of Whitly (d before 23.12.1656), Francis, William, Jane, Judith, Joane, Sara, Hester
  J. Katherine Gough
  m. Roger Flower (rector of Castlecomb)
  K. Elizabeth Gough
  m. John Willis
  L. Jane Gough (d unm)
2. Robert Gough of Meriott, Somerset
  m. Mary Gould
  A. John Gough of Meriott (a 1623)
  m. Amy Gibbs (dau of William Gibbs of Southperrott)
  i.+ issue (a 1623) - Robert (b c1611, a 1640), John, William, Mary, Amy, Elizabeth
3.+ 4 sons and 1 daughter

Main source(s): BP1934 (Gough), Visitation (Wiltshire, 1623, Goughe)
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